The Terrifying Fact

"What do you want to do?" Li Ziming spoke up first. After all, although he had started everything this time around, Sengoku had sought him out now, and all he needed to do right now was listen.

"This is what I think..." Sengoku then began to recount his thoughts, or rather, his battle preparations.

Although Jiu Chong had once taken great advantage of Sengoku by relying on her foreknowledge, Jiu Chong had to admire Sengoku; he was truly worthy of his title as the "Surgeon of the Death"—no, the "Strategist General". If they were truly on equal footing, Li Ziming knew that if he tried to match wits with him in laying out schemes, he would only lose miserably.

"..." Li Ziming looked at Sengoku with a complicated expression. "To be honest, Your Excellency is truly worthy of the title of strategist. However, from your words, I don't see what the benefit of this is for us."

This was also to be expected. After all, although the foundation for cooperation between the two sides was now established, they were still fundamentally in conflict. Therefore, Sengoku still harbored some lingering thoughts of striking a blow against pirates, and his proposed plan lacked much consideration for pirates.

"To be honest..." Li Ziming had no intention of wasting time. "Since our pirate crew is very small in number, we cannot possibly demand a great deal of authority. I believe Your Excellency Sengoku also knows that although our crew has done quite a lot of things, most of them cannot be brought to light due to our identities. Furthermore, we have always maintained a friendly relationship between us, so you can also see that we do not care about power or this world... Moreover, the title of One Piece might sound nice, but Your